Category: Society

Today, I have to tell you that I’m thankful for a lot of things in my life. Let me start with the basics. I am thankful for God who created me in His own image. I’m thankful for Jesus who died on the cross for my sins. This means that I can ask for forgiven and become Holy again in the eyes of God. My name is now written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

I’m very thankful to every one of you that read my blog. You take time out of your busyness to read what I said that day. You might even comment on it as well and start a conversation.

I’m thankful to my family, friends and my church family. Y’all have taught me so much so much and have helped me grow in Walk with the Lord. You have helped me out when I needed it. Eric and Bonnie, Mark and Kitty, Ellen and Wylie, Barbara, Ms. Annie, Jennifer, and Michelle just to name a few. You know who you are.

I am thankful for my ex-husbands for making me the better person that I am today. Eric, you showed me the truth of and gentle side of real love, and what it means to be a true Southern Gentleman. I’m just sorry that I threw it away. Philip, you brought out a strength and determination in me that I didn’t know I had. You opened my eyes to several different worlds and I learned a lot. Paul, you supported me no matter what crazy idea I had. You got me to go back to college, and I now have my AS in Accounting. Some members of my family thought I wouldn’t go back to college much less get a degree.

These are only a few of the people and the that I am thankful for. If you are not mentioned I am sorry, but you are loved as well.

We live in a time driven world with no time for time. We run around doing stuff as quickly as we can with no time for anything else. We go here just long enough to get what we want done and not a minute more, then off to the next place for again just the right amount of time again. Are we nothing more than rats on wheels going no where? I am constantly working on something, all the time, with no time just to sit and think, much less read a book. I have actually had to stop myself in the middle of doing something to turn off the TV, and take a moment to actually make time for time. And Breathe for a second.

I remember a time in which we didn’t turn on the TV until after noon or ever as late as 7 PM and turned it off at 11 PM because the programming was done. But now the TV runs 24/7 around the world and around meIt’s like I can’t do anything without it blaring in the background. I know that I grew up with constant music around me, but why am I now drawn to the TV. I I on’t watch it foghtrighr any value. Most of the time I put on reruns that I have already seen so Ican look up from whatever I’m doing and know right where they are in the story. I need to get back to the music. Music is forever!

Not only is the TV a grabber of time for time sake, so is Facebook. I had so many people that I followed that I could not get through everything that they posted and I would get frustrated by it nearly everyday, or I would get fed up with the trash that people would post. People would get mad at me for not seeing what they posted. or not responding to them fast enough or at all. I finally had to stop looking at it at all. I just didn’t want to spend all my day to try to keep up with everyone else’s lives. I want to live my life! Twitter is just as bad but Instagram is better because it’s about pictures and not so much about talking.

We have to be careful about running out of time and wearing our bodies out. We have to take time to smell the flowers and slow down. We have to make up our minds what is important to us and where we really need to spend our energy, but we need to make time for time. If we don’t slow down, we will burn ourselves down.

This is where God comes into the picture. If we start out our day with at least 30 minutes of quiet time and prayer with God and ask for His guidance for the day, then we will be able to have a plan for the day and be able to handle whatever is thrown at us that day. If we put God first, then the world can go jump in the lake. If you know Christ and have him as you Lord and Savior, then you are a Winner cause you’ve read the end of the book.